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- 12 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
How Can Financial Advisors Thrive in Shifting Markets? Diversify, Diversify, Diversify
How can financial planners expand their businesses as their core population ages and young investors flirt with novel financial products like cryptocurrency? The most profitable path forward is to follow the very advice they often give... View Details
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
starting companies. Maybe I should try to forget that I have an investment in several decades of a business career, and see if I can learn fresh, new things." I asked young people who were starting View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Middle East & North Africa - Global
project partner, the HBS students proposed that rather than introduce a digital product, the bank should create a financial education hub where classes and access to financial advisors would be offered to the city’s young people. Click... View Details
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Research - Global
needed to develop and present an action plan to the board of the company that owned Moleskine. Riccardi was hired because Moleskine had recently overextended its reach and needed more focus and discipline. Having previously served...... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
promoted young executives—often around thirty years of age—to run whole companies. The chief auditor of one of the premier machine engineering companies in Germany in the early 1920s was barely thirty years... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
though he likes the limelight on his terms, he's been enigmatic as a leader. Let's remind people Facebook has only been around, I think they launched in 2006 to the public. So it's still a relatively young View Details
- 05 Dec 2022
- What Do You Think?
How Would Jack Welch’s Leadership Style Fare in Today’s World?
manage according to the GE values, reverse mentoring in which young GE employees taught seniors how to use new technologies. And the company regularly rewarded investors. So let’s assume you are both a... View Details
- 22 May 2019
- Blog Post
What is FIELD Global Immersion?
Global Partner (GP) company in one of 16 cities that has a product or service challenge they would like the team to address with their local consumers. The course culminates in a one-week Immersion at the end of the semester, at which... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records, Kearns has traveled back through... View Details
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
Authors:Tiona Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Building on research in strategy formation and organizational innovation, this paper reports on a field study of a young company in the sustainable cities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?
from experienced colleagues and mentors, but having bad role models can also teach you a lot about what not to do. Similarly, if you are an experienced hire coming into a company started by inexperienced founders, you may want to learn by... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
clouded the positive outlook: (1) a 1.7 billion euro loss on the construction of the first next generation nuclear reactor in Finland, (2) the decision of German company Siemens to pull out of its partnership in Areva NP and exercise its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
have been very difficult for Larry to even get a foot in the corporate door, let alone rise to the top,” Gino says. “Back then, there was a lot of stigma around people who have criminal records—and that stigma still exists today.” While a growing number of View Details
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Craig Husa
As the founder or CEO, Craig (HBS ’90, USNA ’83) has grown and sold four technology-enabled companies to leading public companies. He attributes most of his success (the rest is luck) to building and leading high performing teams who can... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
Millions of Americans, from hourly retail staffers to corporate vice presidents, wrestle with the demands of work while parenting young children, caring for a sick spouse or aging parent—or both. That juggling act is made even tougher by... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
holding group], for example, runs his companies closely and is planning to pass the leadership of his firms to his two sons. Similarly, the heads of some of America's largest firms, both publicly held and private, are the scions of the... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Career Change
When Wakana Tanaka (MBA 2003) was 13 years old, her father’s new job took the family from their home in Tokyo to Jakarta. It was a big change, not just geographically but also culturally. Tanaka enrolled in an international school where she was encouraged to have her... View Details
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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment
Mitchell The case opens in March 2023, as Sten van der Ham and Jaap Maljers, CEO and co-founder of eBee, an electric bike (e-bike) company in Africa, are contemplating the different avenues for growth and path to profitability for the... View Details
- 14 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis
Sweden has long seemed like a social-welfare capitalist dream come true, where companies and labor unions collaborate in harmony with government support. Swedish citizens are among the wealthiest in the world, and they enjoy publicly... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert